WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1723

(b) All participants reinstated to the Fund shall pay an
admission fee of Five Dollars ($5. 00) in addition to the re-
payment of fees as provided by this section.

147. SERVICE. Time of service shall not be construed
to mean continuous service, but each and every applicant or
participant applying for a pension, shall be entitled to have
all of the service rendered by him in the Fire Department
accredited to him, in whatsoever capacity he may have served
in said Fire Department, provided such service is in the class
of positions in which he shall have been a member or partici-
pant of the Fund, whether his service be continuous or not. He
shall be entitled to credit for actual service rendered by him
in the Army or Navy of the United States in time of
emergency, or for active service in the Maryland National
Guard for preservation of the peace and good order of the
State.

148. MISCELLANEOUS, (a) The Board shall have the
right to invest the moneys of the Fund only in State, County
or municipal bonds of the State of Maryland (of any sub-
division thereof) or in bonds of the United States Govern-
ment, as they may deem it to the best interests of the Fund.
All such investments shall be made in the name of the Fire
Department Pension Fund of the City of Cumberland.

(b) The Board shall hold a regular meeting monthly at a
time and place to be fixed by the Board. Special meetings
may be called by the president whenever he deems it neces-
sary, or upon the written petition of four members of the
Board, or fifteen members of the Fund. In case of removal
from the Fire Department by death, resignation, discharge
or retirement of an elective member of the Board, the vacancy
thus created shall be filled by the Board at its next meeting,
and such person elected shall serve for the unexpired term
of the removed member.

(c) If any participant of the Fund is awarded a pension
and shall thereafter be convicted of a felony, or shall become
an habitual drunkard, or shall cease to care for and support
his dependents, then, in such case, the Board shall have the
power, by a two-thirds vote to direct the payment of and
pay the pension to the dependents of such participant.

(d) The books and records of the Fund shall be audited
at least annually by the City Auditor and oftener, if the
Board so requests. A copy of the Auditor's report shall be
submitted to the Mayor and City Council.